{"id":38042,"date":"2026-08-11T05:59:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T00:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38042"},"modified":"2026-08-11T05:59:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T00:59:35","slug":"why-todays-jenna-bush-hager-missed-episode-arrived-for-jenna-sheinelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38042","title":{"rendered":"Why Today\u2019s Jenna Bush Hager Missed Episode, Arrived for Jenna &#038; Sheinelle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jenna_bush_hager\"><strong>Jenna Bush Hager<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> is answering the hard-hitting questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">After viewers noticed the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/today\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Today<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">personality was missing from the morning show\u2019s first and second hours Aug. 10, she clarified that her absence was due to travel plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cI\u2019m straight off a flight,\u201d Hager said as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q0k_rDLxNO4\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Today With Jenna &amp; Sheinelle<\/span><\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> kicked off the program\u2019s fourth hour. \u201cI was in Maine with my family, and my little nephew got baptized, which was so sweet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Though the 44-year-old missed out on the morning\u2019s \u201cJenna\u2019s Morning Boost\u201d and \u201cPop Start\u201d segments, which she is normally present for, she affectionately reflected on her family time in New England, including when she got \u201ckind of weepy\u201d at the baptism during her recitation of a poem by <\/span><strong>Mary Oliver<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cI was reading it, and it was in the church where I\u2019ve gone with my grandparents my whole life, my kids were baptized there,\u201d she continued. \u201cThere\u2019s something sort of evolutionary about looking up and seeing your twin sister hold this big ol\u2019 baby, and I couldn\u2019t help it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jenna Bush Hager is answering the hard-hitting questions. 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